Week Ending Friday, July 2, 2021
{quotes}
Don’t cry over spilled milk. By this time tomorrow, it’ll be free yogurt.
Stephen Colbert
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Judy Garland
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
Jonas Salk
Vulnerability is not winning or losing. It’s having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome.
Brené Brown
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
Mahatma Gandhi
{blessings}
Even Stronger
You may think holding on makes you strong, but sometimes it’s letting go that makes you even stronger. May you be blessed to know the right move when the time comes.
Within Reach
The wealth of God is all around you. May you be blessed with outstretched arms to grab the gifts that are within reach.
Will to Change
If you change nothing, nothing will change. May God bless you with the will and the way to make change happen.
Commonplace
See God in the commonplace. May you be blessed with spiritually unrestricted vision. Enjoy the ordinary, and you will experience the extraordinary.
Flying Colors
God may give you a test today, no studying required. You already know the answers, you can solve any problem, and you’re smart enough to pass with flying colors. May you be blessed to face all challenges and overcome them.
{prayers}
Marriage Prayer
I pray for my marriage and all marriages. Some are struggling, some are strong, and all need blessings which You, dear God, have the power to grant.
Family Prayer for Life’s Journey
God of the journey, Be our traveling companion. Guide us over terrain, both pleasant and perilous. Share our laughter When the sun shines. Lead us to shelter When the storms come. Over hills, and through valley, forests, and deserts. Bless us with steadfast hope. For with you Holy Pilgrim, We are never alone, Never unheld, Never unloved.
unbound.org
Release, Relax
Dear God, Help me release. Lay Your hands over my fists. Teach my fingers to relax, to uncurl and spread wide, letting my resentment fall away, and leaving my palms open to receive Your waiting blessings. Amen
Just as I Am
Dear God, Thank you for helping me to accept that Your holiness is here to cover me, that I am not expected to bring my own or to impress You with an eloquence that implies spiritual genius. Rather, let me bring myself to You just as I am – open, honest, ready to find true brilliance in You.
Holy Journey
This is a sacred and holy journey as I cling to the hope of the future. I do believe in God’s promises. I believe in the God of resurrection, and though I will someday die, I also believe that I will be raised to new life. I believe that someday I will join the great cloud of witnesses and experience an inextricable joy that I’ve never before known.
Gary Moore
{bible affirmations}
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God.
Psalm 30:5
God’s anger lasts a moment, but God’s favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes with the morning.
Isaiah 40:31
Hope in the Lord. You will run and not grow weary.
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Silver Soul
Video: Pure Joy When Kid Gets a Racquet
Story: A Pair to be Used
Feature: Allyson Felix: Speedy Mom
Feature: Young Oscar Draws a Crowd
Feature: Picture This